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USCIS Officer Training: Particular Social Group (PSG)
This module discusses membership in a particular social group (PSG), one of the protected grounds in the refugee definition as codified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. zorb ball
“You Have No Rights to Complain,” Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Afghanistan (June 2020)
Education and social restrictions in Afghanistan.
USCIS Officer Training: Firm Resettlement
This module provides an overview of the firm resettlement bars for asylum and refugee resettlement.wibit sports
USCIS Officer Training: Children’s Claims
This module provides guidelines for adjudicating children’s claims.
USCIS Officer Training: Guidance for LGBTI Refugee and Asylum Claims
This module provides guidelines for adjudicating and considering immigration benefits, petitions, protections, and other immigration-related requests by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals.
USCIS Officer Training: International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) and Religious Persecution
This module introduces you to the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) and the responsibilities that the Act creates for adjudicating protection claims.
USCIS Officer Training: Sources of Authority
This module describes the legal sources that provide officers in the RAIO Directorate with the authority to make case decisions and determinations. It also describes the sources of law you must follow when making those decisions and determinations and demonstrates how to properly cite to them.
USCIS: RAIO Directorate Officer Training – Refugee Definition (Dec 2019)
This module discusses the definition of a refugee as codified in the Immigraion and Nationality Act and its interpretation in administrative and judicial case law.
USCIS: Terrorism Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG)
This module identifies facts and situations giving rise to the terrorist-related inadmissibility grounds (TRIG) and determining whether or not the grounds apply.
I-730 Refugee/Asylee Family Reunification Practice Manual
This manual is designed to assist attorneys and accredited representatives in representing asylees and refugees to reunify with family members and seek lawful status for family already in the United States. The manual gives an overview of applicable laws, regulations, and guidance concerning the I-730 petition process. It also provides practical information on how to […]